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months, in the court of the United States having jurisdiction. 

 Provided, hoivever, That no barrel shall be deemed below stand- 

 ard within the meaning of this Act when shipped to any foreign 

 country and constructed according to the specifications or direc- 

 tions of the foreign purchaser if not constructed in conflict with 

 the laws of the foreign country to which the same is intended 

 to be shipped. 



Section 3. That reasonable variations shall be permitted and 

 tolerance shall be established by rules and regulations made by 

 the Director of the Bureau of Standards and approved by the 

 Secretary of Commerce. Prosecutions for offenses under this 

 Act may be begun upon complaint of local sealers of weights 

 and measures or other officers of the several States and Terri- 

 tories appointed to enforce the laws of the said States or Terri- 

 tories, respectively, relating to weights and measures: Pro- 

 vided, however, That nothing in this Act shall apply to barrels 

 used in packing or shipping commodities sold exclusively by 

 weight or numerical count. 



Section 4. That this Act shall be in force and effect from 

 and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and sixteen. 



Approved, March 4, 1915. 



UNITED STATES APPLE GRADING LAW. 

 " The Sulzer Bill." 



[Public — No. 252 — 61st Congress.] 

 [H. R. 21480.] 



An Act to establish a Standard Barrel and Standard 

 Grades for Apples when packed in Barrels, and for 

 Other Purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

 the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 

 standard barrel for apples shall be of the following dimensions 

 when measured without distention of its parts: Length of 

 stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, 

 seventeen and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, 

 twenty-six inches; circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches 

 outside measurement, representing as nearly as possible seven 

 thousand and fifty-six cubic inches: Provided, That steel barrels 

 containing the interior dimensions provided for in this section 

 shall be construed as a compliance therewith. 



Section 2. That the standard grades for apples when packed ' 

 in barrels which shall be shipped or delivered for shipment in 



